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Jørn Hounsgaard is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their academic work is grounded within this institution, contributing to the research environment there.

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Best Publications

  • Bistability of alpha-motoneurones in the decerebrate cat and in the acute spinal cat after intravenous 5-hydroxytryptophan.

    J Hounsgaard;H Hultborn;B Jespersen;O Kiehn

  • Influence of Phasic and Tonic Dopamine Release on Receptor Activation

    Jakob K. Dreyer;Kjartan F. Herrik;Rune W. Berg;Jørn D. Hounsgaard

  • Serotonin-induced bistability of turtle motoneurones caused by a nifedipine-sensitive calcium plateau potential.

    J Hounsgaard;O Kiehn

  • Anoxia increases potassium conductance in hippocampal nerve cells

    A. J. Hansen;J. Hounsgaard;H. Jahnsen

  • Balanced Inhibition and Excitation Drive Spike Activity in Spinal Half-Centers

    Rune W. Berg;Aidas Alaburda;Jørn Hounsgaard

  • Intrinsic membrane properties causing a bistable behaviour of α-motoneurones

    J. Hounsgaard;H. Hultborn;B. Jespersen;O. Kiehn

  • Presynaptic inhibitory action of acetylcholine in area CA1 of the hippocampus.

    Jørn Hounsgaard

  • Effects of electric fields on transmembrane potential and excitability of turtle cerebellar Purkinje cells in vitro.

    C Y Chan;J Hounsgaard;C Nicholson

  • Ca++ dependent bistability induced by serotonin in spinal motoneurons.

    J. Hounsgaard;O. Kiehn

  • Calcium spikes and calcium plateaux evoked by differential polarization in dendrites of turtle motoneurones in vitro.

    J Hounsgaard;O Kiehn

  • Transmitter-controlled properties of α-motoneurones causing long-lasting motor discharge to brief excitatory inputs

    J. Hounsgaard;H. Hultborn;O. Kiehn

  • Calcium conductance and firing properties of spinal motoneurones in the turtle.

    J Hounsgaard;I Mintz

  • Response properties of motoneurones in a slice preparation of the turtle spinal cord.

    J Hounsgaard;O Kiehn;I Mintz

  • 5-HT2 receptors promote plateau potentials in turtle spinal motoneurons by facilitating an L-type calcium current.

    Jean-François Perrier;Jørn Hounsgaard

  • Transmitter regulation of plateau properties in turtle motoneurons.

    Gytis Svirskis;Jørn Hounsgaard

  • Intrinsic determinants of firing pattern in Purkinje cells of the turtle cerebellum in vitro.

    J Hounsgaard;J Midtgaard

  • Plateau-generating neurones in the dorsal horn in an in vitro preparation of the turtle spinal cord

    R E Russo;J Hounsgaard

  • Depolarization-Induced Facilitation of a Plateau-Generating Current in Ventral Horn Neurons in the Turtle Spinal Cord

    G. Svirskis;Jørn Dybkjær Hounsgaard

  • Direct monitoring of dopamine and 5-HT release in substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area in vitro

    M. E. Rice;C. D. Richards;S. Nedergaard;J. Hounsgaard

  • Potassium accumulation around individual purkinje cells in cerebellar slices from the guinea-pig.

    J Hounsgaard;C Nicholson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ole Kiehn
Ole Kiehn University of Copenhagen
Charles Nicholson
Charles Nicholson New York University
Yosef Yarom
Yosef Yarom Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hans Hultborn
Hans Hultborn University of Copenhagen
Margaret E. Rice
Margaret E. Rice New York University
Bente Pakkenberg
Bente Pakkenberg University of Copenhagen
Michael Häusser
Michael Häusser University College London
Peter Wallén
Peter Wallén Karolinska Institute
Abdeljabbar El Manira
Abdeljabbar El Manira Karolinska Institute
Joel C. Glover
Joel C. Glover University of Oslo

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